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A ship's bell is a percussion instrument usually made of bronze. It is used on ships to announce the time at the hour and half-hour.

Images for kids

  • Ship bell missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville

    Ship's bell on USS Chancellorsville (CG-62)

  • Titanic bell

    Bell from RMS Titanic

  • Diver&shipsbell

    An underwater archaeologist with the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program in St. Augustine, Florida, recording the ship's bell discovered on the 18th century Storm Wreck.

  • Eight Bells

    Eight Bells (1887) by Winslow Homer

  • HMS Cavalier ship's bell

    Ship's bell of HMS Cavalier

  • Baptismal font @ RMC

    Ship's bell as a baptismal font at chapel, Yeo Hall, Royal Military College of Canada

  • BABY CHRISTENED ON BOARD SHIP. 2 JULY 1943, HARWICH. BABY SHIELA CONSTANCE MCDOUGALL WAS BAPTISED ON BOARD HM TRAWLER SAPPHIRE. THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY THE SHIP'S CHAPLAIN WHO USED THE SHIP'S BELL AS A FO A18220

    A baby is baptized by a chaplain on a Royal Navy armed trawler in 1943.

  • Рында на АПЛ Александр Невский

    Ship's bell on the nuclear submarine Alexander Nevsky

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Campana de a bordo para niños

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